The Aam Aadmi Party defended Naresh Balyan, claiming that his arrest was unlawful. (File)
New Delhi:
AAP legislator Naresh Balyan was arrested in Delhi on Saturday in reference to an extortion case lodged final 12 months, police mentioned.
The MLA from Delhi’s Uttam Nagar Assembly section was known as to the Delhi Police’s Crime Branch workplace in R Okay Puram for questioning and was later arrested, they mentioned.
The growth got here hours after the BJP alleged that Naresh Balyan was concerned in extortion actions and questioned why AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal has not taken motion in opposition to him.
The Aam Aadmi Party defended Naresh Balyan, claiming that his arrest was unlawful. The MLA had refuted the BJP’s allegations and mentioned he would lodge police instances in opposition to those that “unfold lies” about him.
A police official mentioned that an audio clip of a dialog purportedly between Naresh Balyan and gangster Kapil Sangwan, at present primarily based overseas, had gone viral on social media.
The dialog concerned discussions about amassing extortion cash from businessmen, he mentioned, including additional investigation and interrogation was underway.
AAP MP Sanjay Singh alleged that since Arvind Kejriwal has began elevating the problem of regulation and order and rising crime in Delhi, the BJP and the central authorities are “making an attempt to harass and conspire in opposition to his occasion leaders”.
“Naresh Balyan has been arrested underneath this conspiracy and the fees in opposition to him are baseless,” Sanjay Singh claimed.
“The BJP leaders have performed a faux audio regardless of the High Court’s order in opposition to it. Naresh Balyan himself complained to the police about a number of threats obtained by him from the gangster Kapil Sangwan,” he claimed
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